From The High Road, where there's lots of discussion and political fingerpointing. Examples:

"Well, all you folks who voted for anyone but a republican now know what the next 2-10 years are going to be like. Maybe longer."

Which was countered by:

"Plus, even if it does pass, all you good Republicans have nothing to worry about because your President will veto it, right? Remember, you guys all said Bush was just playing politics when he said he would sign a new AWB. You guys don't think you are wrong now, do you? Do you?"

Yep. Bush said in the 2004 election that he would sign the AWB renewal if it came across his desk. At the time, he was confident of a Republican Congress keeping that from happening. What could possiblie go wrong? The 2006 elections went wrong, Democrats now control both houses of Congress, and Bush's words are coming back to haunt gunowners.

Still, Bush and a Republican Congress were very good for gunowners. The AWB was allowed to expire in 2004, and the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms act protects gun companies from frivolous lawsuits that were threatening to destroy them.

This renewal probably won't go through, but another one might after the next election. This is exactly why I'm only buying semi-autos between now and the end of 2008. Just in case. If anything is banned it will be semi-automatics. And if they aren't banned outright they will be regulated - as in the 1994 AWB - with regards to magazine capacities of more than 10 rounds and "evil" features like collapsible/folding stocks and flash hiders.

Buy all the high capacity mags you can get your hands on, and I mean now!! You may also want to look at buying some weapons for investment. Buy some AR-15 type rifles as an investment for around $900 and put them away without shooting them. Make sure they have all of the "assault weapon" characteristics. Wait until 5 or so years after the "Assault Weapons" Ban goes into place and start selling those rifles for $1,700+. I saw some of them going for $2,500 4 years after the 1994 gun ban.

What I have always found amusing is that the gun ban compliant weapons were functionally no different than the pre-ban weapons, but the term "pre-ban" would drive the price up like crazy, and people will pay it!

PS: Be sure to keep a pre-ban rifle for yourself as they tend to give you some status among the folks out on the range.

The problem with these freaks is that they could do anything like pass a law making possesion and transfer of any number of items illegal. Once they whip themselves into a frenzy they could pass any number of insane unconstitutional laws.

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posted on 02/14/2007 10:36:00 PM PST
by smoketree
(the insanity, the lunacy these days.)

Yep. Bush said in the 2004 election that he would sign the AWB renewal if it came across his desk. At the time, he was confident of a Republican Congress keeping that from happening. What could possiblie go wrong? The 2006 elections went wrong, Democrats now control both houses of Congress, and Bush's words are coming back to haunt gunowners.

Time to pick up that Garand I've been wanting. I got rid of my AK's thinking I didn't really need them. Like grandpa missing out on IBM stock, we all do stupid things.

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posted on 02/14/2007 10:42:33 PM PST
by Centurion2000
(If you're not being shot at, it's not a high stress job.)

"What do these pro-gun-control politicians have to fear from armed citizens? If they aren't doing anything wrong, what do they have to worry about?"

The whole concept of Freedom just scares the crap out of them, I reckon. I'm not going to waste time analyzing motives, I'm just going to say, "out of my cold, dead hands"! If anyone thinks I'm bluffing, bring it on! The debate is circular, and endless, and I'm done with debate!

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posted on 02/14/2007 11:07:07 PM PST
by SWAMPSNIPER
(BUAIDH NO BAS, JUST SAY NO TO RINO!)

SWAMPSNIPER wrote: "What do these pro-gun-control politicians have to fear from armed citizens? If they aren't doing anything wrong, what do they have to worry about?"

The whole concept of Freedom just scares the crap out of them, I reckon. I'm not going to waste time analyzing motives, I'm just going to say, "out of my cold, dead hands"! If anyone thinks I'm bluffing, bring it on! The debate is circular, and endless, and I'm done with debate!

Excellent.

I stand with you.

The Constitution of the United States supercedes any and all attempts to legislate it out of existence without due process, and I hereby re-affirm my intention to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States with my life as sacrifice if need be.

No more talk, no more unconstitutional laws, if you want my rights, come and try to take them.

However, it might turn out to be a boon. We all know the whupping the rats got after the '94 ban, maybe that'll repeat itself.

That said, I think the rat congresscritters from semi-gun friendly states won't jump on board this time. Even so, folks like Feinswine and Boxer (my local senators) can vote as they please with no fear of political repercussion.

http://www.gunfacts.info/ Gun Facts is a free e-book that debunks common myths about gun control. It is intended as a reference guide for journalist, activists, politicians, and other people interested in restoring honesty to the debate about guns, crime, and the 2nd Amendment. Gun Facts has 84 pages of information. Divided into chapters based on gun control topics (assault weapons, ballistic finger printing, firearm availability, etc.), finding information is quick and easy.

I seem to remember your saying that the democrats would not push gun control because they knew it was a loser for them. I'd say that this is gun control (Oh and btw if I have the wrong person, sorry about that)

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posted on 02/15/2007 4:44:07 AM PST
by from occupied ga
(Your most dangerous enemy is your own government)

In case you didn't notice, the ban stayed in affect even though it lapsed. The BATF makes its own laws without regard to Congress. Just look around, you will find that nothing can be imported now that was on the ban list. In fact, more has been banned since the bill expired.

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